Driving Growth: UP’s ₹5 Lakh Crore Highway Revolution

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, announced an ambitious infrastructure expansion with National Highway projects worth ₹5 lakh crore currently progressing across Uttar Pradesh. During an official event at Mungra Badshahpur in Jaunpur, the Minister inaugurated and laid foundation stones for critical highway, bypass, and bridge projects valued at over ₹3,650 crore, including the strategic ₹1,505 crore Rae Bareli–Prayagraj four-lane highway (approx. 63 km). Highlighting progress, Minister Gadkari shared that work worth ₹1 lakh crore has already been completed, with ₹3 lakh crore in the pipeline and the rest under implementation. Beyond transport, he highlighted UP’s emerging role as a potential energy exporter driven by ongoing economic and industrial growth.

News by Rahul Yelligetti.